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Who predicted nearly 60 years ago that the rise of electronic media would create a "global village," thereby reducing the barriers created by physical distance?

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Herbert Marshall Mcluhan

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Herbert Marshall Mcluhan is a canadian philosopher, he predicted the world wide wide when he said nearly 60 years ago that the rise of electronic media would initiate a global village, reducing distance barriers. He also stated that the medium of communication is the message itself. This statement gave rise to the world wide web thirty years later and is the cornerstones of media theory and technologies.

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